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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hornblower see that motivates him to form an escape plan?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Two English spies following the coach.
(c) A rowboat.
(d) An English ship off the coast.

2. What is the name of the ship Hornblower loses?
(a) Constitution.
(b) Sutherland.
(c) Java.
(d) Leopard.

3. What has he not yet told Bush?
(a) That gangrene has set into the stump.
(b) That Bush's wife has died in childbirth.
(c) That Bush may face life imprisonment in Paris.
(d) That he faces execution along with Hornblower.

4. What rank are Bush and Brown?
(a) First and second mate.
(b) Both midshipmen.
(c) A First Lieutenant and Coxswain.
(d) First mate and Steward.

5. What is the surname of the host?
(a) de Compte.
(b) de Guerria.
(c) de Ladon.
(d) de Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a final act of compassion, what does the Spanish warden give Hornblower?

2. Why is the Count opposed to the current administration?

3. What stands in the way of Hornblower marrying the love of his life?

4. What is the casualty count for Hornblower's crew?

5. Why do they go to a house they see in the distance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are mostly in Hornblower's thoughts as he waits his future?

2. How does Hornblower's opinion of Marie's appearance change as he stays in the house? What might this say about appearances in general?

3. Why does Colonel Caillard come to Rosas prison? What is Caillard like as a man? How do you think Hornblower felt about the man?

4. What happens in the first few hours after their escape? Why is the river being swift to their advantage?

5. Why might Marie be a better match in some ways for Hornblower than his wife or the Admiral's wife?

6. What happens that slows down the travel?

7. How did Hornblower end up where he is at the beginning of the novel?

8. How does Hornblower feel when preparing for bed with the other prisoners? How does he feel about his pending execution? Do you think he is a coward that he worries about his possible reaction at the time of the execution?

9. In what kind of physical shape is Bush?

10. What seems to be one of Hornblowers primary emotional states? What does he think when he reviews his actions which led to his imprisonment?

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